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A poll done for Newsweek found that 13%of Americans have seen or sensed the presence of an angel. A contingent doubts that the percent is really that high. It conducts its own survey. Out of 76Americans surveyed, only two had seen or sensed the presence of an angel. As a result of the contingent's survey, would you agree with the Newsweek poll? In complete sentences, also give three reasons why the two polls might give different results.

Short Answer

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The number of people in the United States who have seen or felt an angel is less than 13%.

Step by step solution

01

Introduction 

Null hypotheses is,

H0:p≥0.13

Alternative hypotheses is,

H0:p<0.13

The proportion of Americans who have seen or sensed angels is the random variableP'.

Normal distribution with parameters p=0.13and p(1-p)n=0.13(1-0.13)76.

The test statistic for this test is,

z=p'-pp(1-p)/n

=0.026-0.130.113/76

02

Explanation

When the p-value is bigger than the established alpha value, we do not reject the null hypothesis. Hence,

p-value=0.0036<0.05

=α

There the data to tell is that the percentage of Americans who have seen or sensed an angel is less than 13%at a level of significance of 5%.

p'-zα2p'1-p'n≤p≤p'+zα2p'1-p'n........1

percentage point α2of the standard normal distribution.

α2=0.025

⇒zα2=z0.025

localid="1649942557746" =1.96............2

From equation 1and2

0.026-1.960.026(1-0.026)76≤p≤0.026+1.960.026(1-0.026)76

0.026-1.96×0.018≤p≤0.026+1.96×0.018

Population proportion is,

0≤p≤0.623

03

Conclusion

Test is,

p-value=Pp'<0.026=P{z<-2.688}=0.0036

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